South Korea stuggles with oil spill
Dec. 10 - South Korea struggles to clean up the country's worst oil spill.
The oil spill occurred after a large crude oil carrier was hit by a barge last Friday. The workers cleaning up wore absorbent clothing, while the coast guard had 138 vessels releasing containment fences and oil skimmers.The cost of cleaning was expected to far surpass the 104 million U.S. dollars it cost South Korea to clean up a spill 1995.
The South Korean government has come under criticism for being slow to response to the spill.
Puja Bharwani reports.
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